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They’ve gone very near Temple Meads to the Arrival maintenance depot nearby, presumably via the tunnel etc.

It is - but I’d like to request a commuter special MkIV, with a breakfast deal on coffee and bacon rolls.

Mine is 20%. Maybe lower for lower tiers?

The 20% off food & drink is no longer valid on the Pullman, even for the regular trolley menu (ie if you buy a can of Tribute in the dining car you pay more than if you found the trolley in the next coach and bought it there).

Three got into first class at Swansea, I didn’t pay much attention at intermediate stations, and about 15 at Cardiff. Busy enough I shared my table for two.

Onboard, unsurprisingly quiet from Swansea but now more than half full in first, about 15 breakfasts have been served and paid for by Ludlow.

I stood as far as Cardiff on that in HST days! But with cheerful fellow passengers

In delay replay claims to TfW and GWR I’ve had the platform fee included in the compensation

Just spoken to the host my train (Swansea to London), they now have four different menus for different times of day, and don’t show the wine available from 5-7 on trains where that’s not relevant. Excitingly they are trialling hot bacon bagels (and others), which will be coming soon.

To round this out now it’s its own thread, my excited toddler was holding the button - which at all times (as far as I know) lights up when pressed. Though I would have done too to maximise the time with the door open to get him and our luggage off safely.

I caught a 197 on Sunday and on alighting held the door open button after we had stopped but before the guard had released the doors. On 800s, 150s and 153s this means the door springs open as soon as they’re released. I had thought a 197 was the same, however the door beeped and didn’t open...

I was at Llanelli yesterday, and had a heavy bag so would have used the lift - but one was out of order, and the other had the doors held open by cones to avoid it being used - I assume so someone who could only use the lift didn’t cross the bridge to realise it wasn’t possible to get down...

It would depend I’d say - the crew have to ready the galley for service etc. However if you are near the buffet car and tell the host you’re only going as far as Shrewsbury I would be surprised if you hadn’t finished your meal with time to spare to digest.

Swansea is very good at holding connections, but I guess has the luxury of the lines west of here being fairly quiet. I’m going to Glasgow in a few weeks on an advance which assumes the MkIV is running throughout, I guess I’m best placed to arrive in time to catch the preceding GWR, and if...

The 0543 from Swansea has been a 150 all this week, and cancelled outright once. The connection to the MkIV stock at Cardiff central looks very tight, changing from 3 or 0 to 1. Any ideas if the MkIV is held for the connection, or when this will go back to being a MkIV throughout?